HITCON
The August 25-26, 2017 HITCON CMT edition whose official pages documented the first HITCON Badge Challenges electronic badge, powered by a MediaTek chipset with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, joystick, infrared, and LED display features.
Academia Sinica Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Taipei · Taiwan · 2017
HITCON CMT 2017's official event page documents the HITCON Badge Challenges activity and an electronic badge powered by a MediaTek chipset, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, game-controller/joystick, infrared, and LED display features. The official ticketing page ties the limited deluxe electronic badge to the Premium Pass, and the events page says additional badges would be released for conference-day purchase.
Lifecycle
One official Badge Challenges path asked attendees to catch all Hackermon and become Hackermon master, with a HITCON CMT 2018 ticket as the award.
The second official Badge Challenges path was Master of Snake, also tied to a HITCON CMT 2018 ticket prize.
The KKTIX page tied the limited deluxe electronic badge to Premium Pass tickets, while the official events page said a few electric badges would be released for attendee purchase during the conference.
HITCON's official events page says the 2017 electronic badge was powered by a MediaTek chipset and included Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, joystick/game-controller input, infrared, and an LED display.
Operational history
The record should not imply every 2017 attendee received this electronic badge.
The dossier records the verified platform and challenge claims while avoiding unsupported component-level or firmware claims.
The 2017 HITCON entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event imagery or using generated/placeholder art.